Chapter 162 The Promise

Henry’s POV

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Of course I could. After so many rounds of treatment, I’d practically become a doctor myself. But seeing Aubrey’s reluctance, I shot Xavier a glance,

He only grinned. “No worries, I’ll give you the shot later.”

Then, with suspicious speed, he gathered the others and left.

These days, I never went anywhere without two guards at my side. except when Aubrey was present. Then, I needed no one else.

The virology experts praised her endlessly, calling her the one leading the charge to break the Kajit virus inside me.

There was still a long road ahead before it could be fully eradicated… but as long as she was here, there was hope.

Once the room was empty, a strange tension tightened in my chest. Aubrey was lounging against the sofa, the torn hem of her starry gown spilling across the floor like the Milky Way – yet she shone far brighter than the dress itself. Moonlight filtered through the curtains, painting her bare shoulder and neck in a soft, pearlescent glow.

She looked like a wounded mermaid, every curve a challenge to the gods themselves.

myself – I

was almost trembling as I continued applying the ointment to her


from letting the flood of feeling in my chest crash through all the walls

to claim her openly, not as a brother arranging her future, blessing her

speak those words death had no right to make her

couldn’t even control

Aubrey’s POV

could hear the ointment melting into my skin. The unnatural

voice, here in the stillness, carried the faintest husky

fine. I didn’t eat or drink

constant restraint suffocating. A patient’s mood mattered, after all. “You don’t

His hand paused mid–motion.

“So you noticed I’ve been holding back?”


11:12 Sat, 30 Aug.

Chapter 162 The Promise

for a second – I hadn’t expected my casual reassurance to hit him

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